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Heybales: I actually push through the pain and do pretty much everything - until it gets overwhelming then I do scaled down moves, e.g. not lifting as high or stopping short of the full range or where it would hurt.. I have full range of motion - just a lot of pain (sometimes). I have good and bad days, the physical…

Welcome Jaci and Christine :) This is a great place to be.

Weekly Update. I have not had a valid weigh-in this past week (sore muscles, other water retention). But the invalid results are that I am up 2 lbs. However, my clothing is starting to fit better again (those pants that had gotten too tight are less tight). so I feel like I am on the right track. I am doing really well…

perfect - thank you :smiley:

How do you track calories burned for a weightlifting session?

Weekly check-in: The 1900 calorie log setting is working really well for me, it forces me to rethink my options and I find myself choosing healthier foods and looking for high protein options, to get my protein in. Protein macros have been great, 25-30% every day this week! My average for the week was about 2400 (averaging…

Oooh 6 weeks makes the cut seem a lot easier, since I am cutting now too - now I have the bonus of being able to count down the weeks. I have to agree I am learning things about myself by cutting too. For one thing I am used to stretching out cuts until I can't do it anymore (and of course cutting way to much). This is the…

Thanks Truckerwife :D

Check-in time. I was looking at my trend weight since I started EM2WL. It goes continuously upward. Part of that is eating over my TDEE (vacation and surgery +10 lbs) and part of that I think is my TDEE is maybe a bit lower so closer to 2350 or 2400 than 2550 since the upward trend was over the whole 5 months and not just…

very good suggestions Ichel - I will do that.

What heybales said - if I eat enough protein and good carbs I don't feel hungry at TDEE. If I eat not enough proteina nd bad carbs I could eat 1000 over my TDEE and not feel satisfied. Look at what and when you ate. Focus on the 30% protein and they rest will most likely fall into place.

I have tried the freezing thing- that does end up with me throwing it out months later LOL. Mostly this is not while I am home. I don't remember if my parents made us clean our plates or not honestly, and I don't know how long this has been an issue. We do have a compost heap and I don't feed my dogs much people food other…

I actually feel like I need the 10% cut to pay more attention to my macros and what I am eating. I was used to overeating all the bad stuff. This way if I go over a little I will still be at least at a 5% cut hehe.

Recovered from surgery, back from vacation, 10 lbs up from the combination of those two things and I do not regret it at all :D Time to start a cut. Since I am back to regular activity and workouts I will go with my last known TDEE of 2500 and start at a 10% cut (which I really, really do not want to do - so that must mean…

# days until we head out on a vacation to Ireland for 2 weeks, not planning on tracking, just walking a lot, doing some Karate form practice and enjoying the local cuisine intuitively. I gained 6-7 lbs over the course of my surgery and recovery. The only clothing that is tight are my karate pants (everything else was a…

Hit my Protein goals for the first time in a while. Had to go re-figure my TDEE since MFP Thinks is around 2000. So I ate that yesterday and woke up starving in the middle of the night and again this morning. Turns out its supposed to be 2200 with my current level of light activity. YAY that extra 200 cals will seem like…

Welcome Back!!

4 weeks since my surgery - got clearance to go back to karate and work full time (YAY to the first and BOO to the second hehe). Time to get myself back on track!

Not fast enough! I gained 5 lbs and not the good kind of gain. I am really looking froward to being active again.

So tomorrow marks 4 weeks since my surgery and I anticipate being allowed to return to mostly normal activities at my recheck. I am still not feeling back to full - stomach is still sore from the 5 holes, I am still tired and my stamina is low. First order of business is to get back to eating at TDEE, getting my protein…

Surgery recovery going slowly. Finally off all the pain meds though which is good because they made me want to eat all the time. Back to a normal diet mostly, still way below normal activity, though I am getting in walking and stairs. Back to the doc on Wednesday to see what activity he will clear me for. On the upside I…

Thanks everyone - resting still not logging. I know I am not eating up to my protein macros - all everyone keeps bringing is carbs. Going to ask my husband to grill some chicken tomorrow.

finally home - now the recovery begins, plenty of protein here now :D. I am resisting the urge to weight byself just yet until some of the swelling and fluid is gone. need to worry about healing not about my weight.

Turns out it's darn near impossible to get enough protein with hospital food. Ugh. Ended up stuck here for a few days. Mostly I didn't eat much but today back to eating and logging. It's rough finding edible protein on the menu. All the meats are nasty and over cooked. With any lunch I will go home today and get that…

NSV 1 - I did it! I finally had a weekend where I didn't blow away my TDEE! Even though I had some special stuff going on I managed to stay at or under my TDEE on Sat and Sun. That felt great :) Some of it was being very busy and getting ready for surgery this week, but it was also not worrying so much about eating a full…

Welcome Margarita - Sounds like you are doing great so far :D Glad to have another posted to read!

I will. The surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, I will check in after that when I am able :)

Sounds like a good plan!

Thank you Annette and Kelly! My doc says recovery will only be about 4 weeks (its a robotic surgery so much faster recovery time). But I have to agree with both of you. I will keep my protein levels up for healing and just take a rest. I will be able to start taking walks after about a week, so by the time my 4 weeks is up…

My Doc says its take 15-20 years for new stuff to go through the system and get widely accepted.